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to send the schooner W. A. Graham, belong- 

 ing to the Coast Survey, under charge of an 

 officer who will take an interest in promoting 

 the great objects in which you will be en- 

 gaged, to Key West, in time to meet you on 

 your arrival in the Isabel of the 15th, from 

 Charleston to Key West. The vessel will be 

 placed at your absolute disposal for four to 

 six weeks, as you may find desirable, doing 

 just such things as you require, and going to 

 such places as you direct. If you desire more 

 than a general direction, I will give any spe- 

 cific ones which you may suggest. . . . 



I have requested that room be made in the 

 cabin for you and for two aids, as you desire 

 to take a draughtsman with you ; and in ref- 

 erence to your enlarged plan of operating, 

 of which I see the advantage, I have exam- 

 ined the financial question, and propose to 

 add two hundred dollars to the six hundred 

 in my letter of October 30th, to enable you to 

 execute it. I would suggest that you stop a 

 day in Washington on your way to Charleston, 

 to pick up the topographical and geographical 

 information which you desire, and to have all 

 matters of a formal kind arranged to suit 

 your convenience and wishes, which, I am 

 sure, will all be promotive of the objects in 



